Day 3: Every Part Of Your Life Is An Art Piece For God
From Fatima, Portugal, to Burgos, Spain
Early morning, George and I squeezed in some video work for preacherinbluejeans.com. We rushed to the
After our video work, Bene and I ran to the main church together. Believe me, if you’ve got kids in a pilgrimage, you don’t walk. You run, jump, and laugh going from place to place. You have to, or they’ll say the dreaded “B” word again. (“I’m bored”.)
We left Fatima at 9:00am by bus and travelled to
That was 7 hours in the bus.
Again, we had 2 choices. Either grumble about it or enjoy it. We decided to enjoy it. We laughed, ate, sang, and prayed. The bus became a moving chapel, a comedy bar, and a picnic park all at the same time.
Along the way, we stopped for lunch. I was a good boy and ate green salad with drizzles of olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Totally light and healthy. To compensate for being too healthy, I ate 3 Swiss chocolate nuggets after that. Haha.
Finally arriving in
Why do I say that? Because every single square inch of that massive cathedral—from floor to ceiling—was a meticulous art piece. For example, one altar alone (there were dozens of altars in that cathedral) had 116 angels. In one altar! It was mind-boggling.
This is what I believe. You and I are artists—and our life is the canvass. Our divine call is to paint something beautiful for God.
What is your paint brush? Your core gifts. Use them to express the beauty of heaven’s love.
For example, my gift is to write and preach.
What is your paint brush? Is it to sing? To cook? To do accounting? To build homes? To sell? To care for kids?
Today, I make a choice to paint something beautiful for God with fire in my belly. Every word. Every project. Every smile. Every thought. Every part of my life should be a beautiful art piece for God.
Friend, do you live with this passion?
Do you have fire in your belly?
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PS2. I’m still receiving a lot of questions on why I homeschool my sons. If you’re interested in homeschooling your kids, you can email catholicfilipinoacademy@gmail.com and ask for an article I wrote about homeschooling, and we’ll email it to you.
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27 April 2007
ReplyDeleteHi Bro Bo
It's me Bro JIMMY CRUZ of Singapore
I remember the song
"Lord I offer my Life to you
Everything I've been through
Use it for your glory
"Lord I offer my Life to you
Lifting my praise to you
As a Living sacrifice
Lord I offer you my Life"
We make life beautiful because Jesus is Beautiful.
We make life happy because God is always there ready
to fill us happiness.
LIFE IS WHAT WE MAKE IT.. WHAT WE PLAN WILL HAPPEN
because God will not leave us alone.
God gave us Gifts to use for His GLORY.
Last Wednesday night, I told my brother that I am going
to go to other countries like Canada to preach.
Thursday lunch, our elder in El Shaddai asked me I
am available to give a retreat in Kuala Lumpur on May 5.
I say YES LORD.... I told our elder if God wanted me
to use the PAINT BRUSH that He had given me....
I will do it wherever I am. I will continue to paint
the life of others, making them beautiful thru the
Word of God.
TALENTS ARE GIFTS THAT NEED TO BE USE FOR THE GLORY
OF GOD.
SELL SVP BOOKKS is another gift.
What a wonderful insight Bro Bo. You make our life
colourful by your insights.
God bless and please pray for me for that retreat.
More Power to you and your fellow pilgrims..
Bro Jimmy Cruz (Singapore)
The words "Choice" and "Passion" ring true to each one's purpose. In our quest for meaning, we tend to go with the flow and run with the crowd. Many times, we forget to dance to our tune, which God is singing.
ReplyDeleteThank you Bo for waking up the Artist in me.
I'm not a Catholic but a protestant....but we used contemporary christian music just to draw the youth's attention in order for them to go back to the Lord.....
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ReplyDeleteDear Bro Bo,
ReplyDeleteTruly your words are like keys, they open our minds to precious
treasures that are within us! It really made me think of how I've wasted time, effort and energy on useless things when even at the most boring times I could choose to be happy and productive.
Keep up the good work ! God is really good and I thank Him for
you!
In Christ Jesus and Mama Mary, Ethel
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